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sending love to those who struggle with the holidays. to those who have lost their family. to those who are from abusive homes. those who are struggling mentally. in a rough spot financially. those who are neurodivergent & easily overwhelmed. and to those who just plain don't enjoy them.

i hope you can smile genuinely, and feel some love. i hope they pass uneventfully, and your transition to the next year is smooth and full of warmth <3

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Her heavy hair was full of the perfume of roses and sandalwood. Beneath the languor of her heavy lids slept passionate violence. She was almost terrifyingly beautiful.

Renée Vivien, A Woman Appeared To Me

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mhm i know that’s right

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I am not made for public life. I take a secret joy in my independence, in my solitude, in the true value of my mind's work.

Anaïs Nin, in a diary entry dated 20 December 1930 featured in Linotte: The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin Vol. IV: 1927-1931

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Coastline by Per Adolfsen Contemporary artist from Denmark

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Gorden Mortensen (American, born 1939) "Late November", 1993. Color Reduction Woodcut printed in 31 Colors,

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She was just like the moon: lonely and untouchable, yet romantic and shrouded in mystery.

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(@cortinasanaheim)

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Chocolate Dipped Meringue Kisses

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High-Altitude Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

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Black forest cheesecake

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Anne Sexton, from a letter featured in Anne Sexton; A Self-Portrait In Letters